Repercussions for mental health of nursing professionals who are in the face of The Covid-19: integrative review

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769264313

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Occupational health, Mental health, Nurses, Coronavirus infections, Pandemics

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Objective:  To identify the repercussions on mental health of nursing professionals who are in the face of Covid-19 in the first year of the pandemic context. Method:  integrative literature review conducted in May 2021 in the electronic databases SCOPUS, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Web of Science and Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS). Results:  1,249 publications were found whose application of inclusion, exclusion and critical reading criteria culminated in the analysis of 18 articles from experiences from China, Turkey, Italy, Canada, United States, Philippines, Brazil, Portugal and Ethiopia. The main repercussions involved in mental illness were anxiety, depression, stress, Burnout syndrome, mental sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: The mental health of nurses is extremely fragile in the face of the pandemic context. This emergency in world health eventually triggered physical, emotional and psychological consequences in these workers.

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Magda Guimarães de Araujo Faria, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Dra. em Enfermagem. Professora adjunta do Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Kalyane Cristine Ferreira Gonçalves França, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Estudante de Enfermagem. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Enfermagem. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Fernanda Costa Guedes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Estudante de Enfermagem. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Enfermagem. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Melissa dos Santos Soares, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Estudante de Enfermagem. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Enfermagem. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Cristiane Helena Gallasch, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Dra. em Enfermagem. Professora adjunta do Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Luciana Valadão Vasconcelos Alves, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Dra. em Enfermagem. Professora do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense campus Macaé

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Faria, M. G. de A., Gonçalves França, K. C. F., Guedes, F. C., Soares, M. dos S., Gallasch, C. H., & Alves, L. V. V. (2021). Repercussions for mental health of nursing professionals who are in the face of The Covid-19: integrative review. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 11, e70. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769264313

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